Public Works Loan Commissioners.

HC Deb 23 April 1913 vol 52 c340

33. Mr. ROYDS

asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer can give figures showing the sums advanced by the Public Works Loan Commissioners in the years 1909–10, 1910–11, and 1911–12, respectively, for the erection of dwelling-houses, and the number of houses erected in each of the three years named by means of such advances?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

I will give the figures of the loans approved by the Commissioners and of the number of dwellings to be erected for the last four financial years:—

Year.		Loans Approved.		Number of Dwellings to be Erected.
		£
1909–10	…	191,495	…	1,758
1910–11	…	428,214	…	2,146
1911–12	…	338,496	…	1,904
1912–13	…	877,154	…	5,279